| In the Dragonball Z anime (by Toriyama, Akira), | | | | this is actually a representation of an operation |
| the Spirit Bomb and the Kamehameha wave | | | | known in Yang style T'ai Qi Quan internal form as |
| techniques used in battles are the most widely | | | | "Fa Jing". This is the technique used when we hear |
| known by fans everywhere. Almost the first | | | | of two people sparring in a tournament, and one |
| words brought to mind when we hear the anime | | | | sends the other flying backwards out of the ring, |
| name "Dragonball Z", are "Goku" (the main | | | | often without even making even the slightest |
| character), "Kamehameha" and the "Spirit Bomb". | | | | physical contact with the opponent. |
| It's interesting to note however, in this | | | | To make the Spirit Bomb and Kamehameha |
| Sino-Japanese (Chinese/Japanese) culture based | | | | techniques really work (although, in nowhere near |
| anime, that these are wildly exaggerated | | | | to the insanely exaggerated light-show proportions |
| examples of real, chi-power based internal martial | | | | as depicted in Dragonball Z), you need to study |
| arts operations, such as "Fa Jing", for example. | | | | Yang T'ai Qi Quan, but the internal form of the |
| Allow me to explain... | | | | martial art... or practice Qigong, or other type of |
| In Asia, the matter-of-fact acceptance of chi | | | | energy cultivation method. This is how to make |
| (actually "Qi" in China, and "ki" in Japan) as an | | | | them work. You also need to know that there |
| existent force of nature is all-pervasive | | | | are two aspects - there is chi, and there is jing... |
| throughout Asian culture, even in children's | | | | one is the field, and the other is the energy which |
| cartoons such as Dragonball Z when characters | | | | flows throughout the field. In sparring, when one |
| use the Spirit Bomb attack. When Goku stands | | | | opponent uses fa jing to send the other flying out |
| and fires up his chi, pulls his hands around and in | | | | of the ring, it isn't a chi blast that has plowed the |
| towards him and shoots them outwards together | | | | opponent per se, but is actually in fact, jing. |
| in tiger-jaw formation, shouting, "Kamehameha!", | | | | |